Cap-size-reducing device



A. M. ADAMS AND M. W. LANDAU.

CAP SIZE REDUCING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MN. 12, I920- RENEWED JAN. 26. 1922. 1,409,810.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

WITNESS.

31 My ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

AAnoN M. ADAMS AND MAxwnrr; w. nANnAU, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAP-SIZE-REDUCING DEVICE.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Application filed. January 12, 1920, Serial No. 350,864. Renewed January 26, 1922. Serial No. 532,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AARON M. AnAMs and lVIAXwnLL W. LANDAU, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cap-Size-Reducing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to apparel and more particularly to head gear and has for an object to provide a device for reducing the size of caps and other soft or flexible head gear.

Among other features the invention comprehends a spring-like member which can be conveniently disposed within the cap or similar head gear to reduce the head size thereof without detracting from the appearance of the cap or destroying its shape, the device being simple in its construction and therefore capable of being cheaply manufactured and readily applied.

\Ve are aware that various forms of head size reducing devices for head gear have been used heretofore, but many of these devices are adapted only to hats which are of a stiff nature, such as derbies and the like and which furthermore comprehend the in terposition of the device between the sweat band and the crown, merely tending to cause the sweat band to project beyond the inner edge of the brim and therefore such devices are mainly of a circumferential nature and must of necessity be so, in order to effect an equal bulging of the sweat band entirely around the same.

Our invention is particularly adapted to caps which ordinarily do not have the sweat band extending entirely around the same, but merely have the sweat band at the front adjacent the inner end of the peak, our de vice being so disposed that it will not be normally seen and in its operation will tend to straighten out the peak, thus exerting a pull upon the rear soft portion of the cap, causing the latter to more firmly grip the head. 7

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a part of this specifi cation, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which,--

Figure 1--is a bottom plan view of a cap showing our device applied thereto, parts being broken away to disclose the underlyin structure.

*igure 9r'is a perspective view of the device byitself.

Figure 3is a fragmentary elevation. partly in section taken through a portion of the cap showing the manner in which each end of the device is held inengagement with the cap, and

' Figure 4 4s a perspective view of our device showing the same provided with a suitable covering.

Referring more particularly to the views the device in its entirety is indicated by the numeral 10 and consists ofa single strip of spring-like resilient material 11 of a substantially flat nature and which at its medial portion has an integral pin 12 struck there from and at right angles thereto, each end of the strip of material being fashioned to provide a pointed tapering prong 13 and a shorter blunt prong 14: acting substantially as a stop member, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the application of the device to a cap 15, the device is disposed beneath the sweat band 16, between the sweat band and the peak, the device being bent into a substantially crescent shape, with each of the prongs 13 being arranged to extend into and through the material 0r lining 18 of the cap and grip into the ends of the peak. This causes the peak to substantially straighten out and lie fiat and thus causes a slight bulge of the sides of the cap as at 19, further causing the rear 20 of the cap to be pulled toward the peak so that in the application of the cap to the head the rear or back of the cap will snugly fit the head. As the prongs 13 extend into the material from which the peak 17 is formed, the stop members 14, engaging with the material limit the inward movement of the prongs and at the same time afford sufficient grip on the surface of the material to prevent displacement of the device, the medial pin 12 being also adapted to extend into the peak at its central portion as shown, so that the device will be securely positioned and as will be readily noted, cannot be easily seen and will be substantially covered by the sweat band of the cap.

Thus with a device of the character described, it will be seen that a cap which normally does not quite fit the head as snugly as it should, can be readily shaped or fashioned to provide an effective [it on the head by the use of our device, disposed in the manner mentioned and it will be apparent that a device of this character may 0 cheaply manufactured and not only serves the function of reducing the cap size, but also acts as a support or backing for the peak; tendingto maintain the latter in its proper shape. I

As shown in Figure l, the device may be provided with a. suitable covering which may be of'any desired form-of material such as leather cloth or a webbing of so-me'sort as shown, and indicated by the numeral 21, the ends of the covering being secured to the device by any form of an adhesive composition, paraffin or the like, as indicated at 22'. It will of course be understood thatit might be desirable'to dip the devices and coat them with a rubber composition, and it will be clear that we do not limit ourselves to any of resilient material having a single prong extending laterally thereto and stamped out from one side of the said piece of material at the center thereof and a forked extension pro ecting from each end of the piece of material and inthe longitudinal plane thereof, one limb of said forked extension constituting a pin to engage into the material of the cap at or adjacent to the points of connection'of the ends of the vizor with the material of the body of the cap. e

- In testimony-whereof we affix our signatures.

AARON Manners. V 1 MAXWELL'W; LANDAU. 

